#24551
03/24/2001 5:34 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Honestly, I don't expect this thread to go very far, but I didn't know where to turn. From Black's Law Dictionary: Cocotte: a woman who leads a fast life, one who gives herself up for money. Also a poached egg. Cite: Rovira v. Boget, 240 N.Y. 214, 148 N.E. 534, 535. 
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#24552
03/24/2001 5:49 PM
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and well you *should laugh. it appears to be the merging of two French words, (1)cocotte, orig. a child's name for a hen, a prostitute; one of a class of the demi-monde of Paris, and (2)cocasse a kind of pot, a poached egg would be prepared/served en cocotte.
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#24553
03/24/2001 6:04 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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and well you *should laugh. it appears to be the merging of two French words, (1)cocotte, orig. a child's name for a hen, a prostitute; one of a class of the demi-monde of Paris, and (2)cocasse a kind of pot, a poached egg would be prepared/served en cocotte. Yours is the second post that brings Oshima's "In the Realm of the Senses" to mind. Is it me? 
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#24554
03/24/2001 8:05 PM
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Also a poached egg.Interesting that a woman on the game could also be coddled ... 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#24555
03/26/2001 2:54 PM
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French Québec cocotte is either a) a hen b) a big stewing pot c) a term a affection for little girls eg. ma cocotte d)a cone from any fir/pine tree.
This type of change in meanings can be a little disastrous when France Frenchies and Québec Frenchies merge. My sister's ex-mother-in-law took great exception to my sis calling her daughter cocotte or catin - two words that mean prostitute in France. Here "catin" is akin to the English "dollie" instead of doll.
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#24556
03/26/2001 3:00 PM
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When I asked what this was on a menu, I was told " a very young coq au vin".
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